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Answer: Woody Allen

"Hannah and Her Sisters" is a comedy-drama film released in 1986 directed, written and starred by Woody Allen (1935-). Among the actors in the film besides Woody Allen were Mia Farrow, Michael Caine, Barbara Hershey and Dianne Wiest. The movie was nominated for seven Academy Awards and received three, including Best Original Screenplay.

Woody Allen has had a successful career, won four Oscars and more than 100 other awards. He has been writing, directing and acting in films and television series since the 1950s.

Answer: Palace of Holyroodhouse

The Palace of Holyroodhouse, or Holyrood Palace, was built between 1671-1678. This palace has been the official residence of the kings and queens of Scotland since the 16th century. Nowadays it is the official residence for the British monarchs.

It is located at the end of Edinburgh's historic Royal Mile, opposite to the Edinburgh Castle. When the British monarch is not in the country, the palace is open to the public. The most interesting place is the Great Gallery, the largest hall in the palace which is decorated with 96 paintings of the Royal House. The Queen's Gallery hosts a program of rotating exhibitions from the Royal Collection. The tourists can even walk around the beautiful gardens and may be invited to the Queen's annual Garden Party.

Answer: The murder of President John F. Kennedy

Aldous Huxley, aged 69, who produced almost 50 works the best known being "Brave New World" died in Los Angeles on November 22, 1963. In the same day, the Irish writer C. S. Lewis, author of "The Chronicles of Narnia", aged 64, died in Oxford, England.

The deaths of these two important writers were almost unnoticed because the world was shocked by the news of the American President John Kennedy's assassination in Dallas, Texas.

Answer: William Henry Harrison

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841) was the ninth president of the United States, the first to die in office and the one who was in the presidency for the shortest time: 31 days (March 4, 1841 to April 4, 1841).

Harrison was 68 when he took office on March 4, 1841, on a cold rainy day. His inaugural address was the longest in American history when he spoke for almost two hours. On 26 March, 1941 he became ill; initially it seemed he had the flu but his condition worsened quickly and he died a few days later. In 2014, an article published in "Clinical Infectious Diseases" by Jane McHugh and Philip A. Mackowiak, based on the notes of Dr. Thomas Miller, who took care of the president and also on the records of the conditions of the water supplied to the White House, concluded that Harrison probably died of septic shock due to typhoid or paratyphoid fever.

Answer: False

Triangles are polygons with three edges and three vertices. In geometry on a plane, only the right or right-angled triangle has an angle that measures 90°, i.e., has a right angle. The longest side of a right triangle is called the hypotenuse and is always the side that lies opposite the 90° angle. Therefore, only the right triangle has a hypotenuse.

The word hypotenuse comes from the Greek word "hypoteinousa" which means "stretching under". Pythagoras mentioned the hypotenuse in his famous theorem that states: "The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides".

Answer: In the brain

The hypothalamus is a small region located at the base of the brain. In humans it is approximately the size of a pea and corresponds to less than 1% of the weight of the brain. Although it is small, it has a fundamental role in many functions: releasing hormones, controlling the appetite, regulating the body temperature and emotional responses, etc.

Head injuries, genetic disorders, birth defects, tumors, etc. are factors that can cause hypothalamic dysfunction.

Answer: Thyroid gland

Hashimoto's disease or Hashimoto's thyroiditis is a chronic inflammation of the thyroid. It is an autoimmune disease, in which the body attacks the thyroid cells and over time the person develops hypothyroidism. The disease is more common in older women. With hypothyroidism, the patient needs thyroid hormone replacement treatment for the rest of his or her life.

Answer: Thomas Hardy

The English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), grew up in a rural area and his work was greatly influenced by this environment and its oral traditions. He worked in architecture offices while devoting himself to poetry. When he encountered difficulty in publishing his poetry, he decided to dedicate himself to prose. In 1872, Hardy left his work in architecture and turned exclusively to literature. His novels are set in the semi-fictional region of Wessex and had a certain humor, with melodramatic, tragic and pastoral elements.

His career in fiction ended with the publication of the novels "Tess of the d'Urbervilles, 1891 and" Jude the Obscure ", 1895, which are considered to be his best novels. From then on he started to rededicate himself to poetry.

Answer: William Harvey

William Harvey (1578-1657) was an English physician who studied in King's College, Canterbury and Cambridge University. Harvey went to study at the University of Padua in Italy in 1599, where he was tutored by the anatomist and surgeon Hieronimus Fabricius.

In 1603, Fabricius published "On the Valves of the Veins", in which he showed that the veins of the human body had one-way valves, but was unable to describe their function. In 1602, Harvey completed his doctorate, returned to England where he continued his research. Based on Fabricius' discoveries and on his own research, he was able to describe, for the first time, the circulation of blood in the human body. He presented his results and arguments at the College of Physicians in 1616. In 1628, Harvey published his theories in the book "An Anatomical Study of the Motion of the Heart and of the Blood in Animals", where he explains how blood is pumped around the body by the heart.

Answer: Hera

The goddess Hera was the daughter of the Titans Cronus and Rhea and rules over Mount Olympus as queen of the gods. She was the sister and wife of Zeus and in Greek mythology she was one of the Twelve Olympians, who were the major deities of the Greek pantheon.

She was the goddess of women, marriage, family and childbirth. Hera was the patron and the protector of married women. Her counterpart in Roman mythology is Juno.